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Relax into your morning with peaceful classical music

Calming classical music to inspire focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Calming classical music to help you focus and set you up for the day ahead. Presented by broadcaster, author and counselling psychologist Dr Sian Williams.

Featuring uplifting and enriching melodies from Purcell, Schubert, and Imogen Holst, this episode explores the joy of just stopping for a while to listen to what's around you. Plus, Professor Catherine Loveday explains what happens in the brain when musicians improvise.

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Music Played

  • Henry Krips

    Blue Mountains

    Conductor: Guy Noble. Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
    • ABC CLASSICS.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Le petit livre de harpe de Madame Tardieu (No 18, 'Pas trop vite')

    Performer: Alessandra Ziveri.
    • DA VINCI CLASSICS.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Pi猫ces romantiques, Op 55 (No 3, 'Idylle arabe')

    Performer: Roberto Prosseda. Performer: Alessandra Ammara.
    • BRU ZANE.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue (Pt 2)

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • WARNER.

  • Jules Massenet

    The Virgin (Scene 4: 'The Assumption')

    Conductor: Raymond Agoult. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London.
    • ELOQUENCE.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    Pyramid Song

    Composer: Thom Yorke. Composer: Philip Selway. Composer: Ed O鈥橞rien. Composer: Colin Greenwood. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Justin Heinrich Knecht

    A Musical Portrait of Nature, a Grand Symphony (1st mvt, 'A Beautiful Land Where the Sun Shines')

    Performer: Sergio Lamberto. Conductor: Christian Benda. Orchestra: Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino.
    • NAXOS.

  • Gao Hong

    Kora Meets Pipa

    Composer: Kadialy Kouyate. Performer: Gao Hong. Performer: Kadialy Kouyate.
    • ARC MUSIC.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, Op Posth 166, D 803 (5th mvt, Menuetto)

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • BIS.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite (3rd mvt, 'Moon-Fairy')

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor (2nd mvt)

    • ULTIMATE CLASSIX.

  • Meredith Monk

    Earth Seen From Above (Atlas)

    Choir: San Francisco Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Vance George.
    • DELOS.

  • Hubert Parry

    Symphony No 4 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Percy Whitlock

    Music for Orchestra (Peter's Tune)

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Mel Bonis

    Suite en trio, Op 59 (1st mvt, 'Serenade')

    Performer: Tatjana Ruhland. Performer: Florian Wiek. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • 贬脛狈厂厂尝贰搁.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 11 in A major, K331 (1st mvt, 'Theme and Variations')

    • PARRY MUSIC CLASSICAL.

  • Erland Cooper

    With Silence (Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence, Part 4: 3rd mvt, 'Sunwards Turn')

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Daniel Pioro. Orchestra: Studio Collective.
    • MERCURY.

  • Abel Selaocoe

    Tshepo [Faith] (No 1)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Alan Keary. Performer: Dudu' Kouate. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Rakhi Singh. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • WARNER.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso, Op 6 No 1 in G major, HWV319 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Iona Brown. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • 贬脛狈厂厂尝贰搁.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Le Chat Noir

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • DG.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No 1 in A flat major, Op 55 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Child of Light - Northern Lights (Children of Light)

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • 2L.

  • Imogen Holst

    Welcome Joy & Welcome Sorrow (5th mvt, 'Lullaby')

    Performer: Tanya Houghton. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Swedish Folk-Melodies, Op 27 (No 1, 'All Beneath the Firmament')

    Conductor: Richard Studt. Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta.
    • NAXOS.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Baby's Breath

    Performer: Hayato Sumino. Ensemble: Session musicians.
    • EPLUS.

  • Lara Somogyi

    aura

    Composer: Jean鈥怣ichel Blais. Performer: Lara Somogyi. Performer: Jean鈥怣ichel Blais.
    • MERCURY.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia upon one note in F major Z.745

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Franz Schmidt

    Symphony No 4 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Jonathan Berman. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • ACCENTUS.

  • Marques L. A. Garrett

    My heart be brave

    Choir: London Voices.
    • OUP MUSIC PRESS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for solo violin No 3 in C major, BWV1005 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn.
    • SONY.

  • L茅o Delibes

    La source ou Nalia (Suite 3: 'Romance')

    Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 17 Jun 2025 09:00
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  • Sun 13 Jul 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 Unwind